Sunday, January 15, 2006

Japanese Brutality

Earlier: The monsters of Germany and Japan
Iraq and Afghanistan today.
In the past Germany and Japan.
In the past to give the monsters of Germany and Japan freedom was unthinkable.
Now today we must give Iraq and Afghanistan a chance to fight the monsters they face.

Chapter 12 The Battle Of Muar - awm.gov.au
[Note the above links to is a pdf file which needs Adobe Acrobat]
22 Jan 1942 "Many Japanese seemed to delight in kicking where a wound lay open, and so great was their satisfaction at any visible sign of pain that often the dose was repeated."
"Whenever they stopped, troops ran to see the prisoners and add to their sufferings. One of the dead was placed in an upright position on a table top propped against a truck. There the body "seemed to create enormous amusement to the Japanese concerned, and was a n object of ridicule to many Japanese afterwards".An Indian lying in front of the building regained consciousness. The Japanese in charge at the spot gave him a series of kicks, bashed him with a rifle, thrust into him again and again with his bayonet, then heaved the corpse into the water near by."
"He was mostly refused help by Malays, who appeared to fear reprisals if they harboured him, but generally aided by Chinese, at the risk of their own and their families' lives. Then, thirty-six days after he had begun his attempt to escape, he was caught by a party of Malays, one of them dressed as a policeman, taken back to Parit Sulong, and handed over to the Japanese."

No comments: